The Royal Oak

Introduction

The Royal Oak at Brookland on Romney Marsh is a typical old country inn. Steeped in history, for well over 270 years The Royal Oak has afforded shelter and sustenance to locals and travellers and still today it continues to offer as warm a welcome to visitors as ever in its long history.

Main Features

Details

The location of The Royal Oak is such as to be attractive to those who seek a quiet spot, away from the hustle and rush of modern life.
 
The inn, although ancient, has recently been sympathetically renovated and re-furnished. It lies adjacent to the 13th century old St Augustine’s Church, which is one of only four in England to have its bell tower standing apart from the church.   
 
Here in a corner of Kent is a peaceful old village enveloped in quietude and restfulness, tucked away in the middle of the beautiful and mysterious Romney Marsh, lies one of the few remaining unspoilt areas of South East England.
 
Romney Marsh, once called by Rudyard Kipling in Puck of Pook's Hill as the “Sixth Continent” due to the wide expanse of levels with their special privileges and customs, did indeed for centuries regard itself as quite distinct from the rest of the world. The territory of infamous smuggling gangs and numerous sheep farmers, dotted with ancient medieval church towers, tending to sag at strange angles into the marshland, Romney Marsh still manages today to retain its withdrawn, haunting beauty.
 
Surrounding the village is open farmland offering an atmosphere of rare tranquillity. Rich meadowland dotted with flocks of sheep, for which Romney Marsh is synonymous, is interspersed with remote lying arable farms.     
 
The sea coast runs a few miles to the east and south of Brookland with towns, both ancient and modern, within easy reach by road, such as Rye (6 miles), Tenterden (11 miles), Ashford (12 miles), Hastings (18 miles), Folkestone (20 miles), Lydd (7 miles), Dungeness (11 miles), Littlestone (6 miles), and Camber Sands (8 miles).
 
Accommodation
The Royal Oak has 5 rooms for Bed & Breakfast accommodation. Each room has its own unique style and offers airy, spacious and comfortable facilities that many hotels fail to get close to. All the rooms are named after areas of Romney Marsh. Both the Fairfield Room and the Walland Room have en suite facilities, whilst the Burmash Room has a private shower room and lavatory close by.
 
Romney Marsh is a fantastic place to stay; a coastline of contrasts where scenic countryside meets the sea. A tranquil and untouched part of England.
Within this friendly, family run, atmospheric village Inn, charming checks and unfussy comfortable surroundings will make your stay with us a restful and pleasurable one. 
 
Rates
Please contact us for the latest rates.

(Please note: Only guests from the same family, or through the same reservation, can book both rooms in the Romney Suite at the same time)
  
There is no reduction for single occupancy off the standard room prices.
 
Only children aged 16 years or over are permitted to stay at in the B & B rooms. Sorry, but no babies or children under 16 years old can stay at The Royal Oak.
 
Guests are requested to please vacate rooms by 11.00 a.m.
 
Breakfast is included in the room price and is served in the restaurant at a pre-agreed time between 8.00am & 9.00am.
 
Room Cancellation – Our policy is that cancellations made less than 3 days prior to arrival will be charged at the full rate should the accommodation remain unsold.
 
Our rooms are beautifully finished, matching a quality that many hotels fail to achieve. So whatever your needs, whether it be celebrating an anniversary, a long weekend, or you just want to get away from it, The Royal Oak with its accommodation and in-house restaurant is an ideal destination.
 
Please note both the Bar and the Restaurant are CLOSED to both staying guests and the general public every Sunday evening & Monday evening. Guests when booking B & B rooms MUST also please remember to book a table in the restaurant should they be planning to dine at The Royal Oak on any one or more evenings during their stay. Tables are NOT automatically reserved for residents if not pre-booked.
 
Our house policy is that that children under 12 are not permitted to eat in the restaurant in the evenings.
 
Food is available both lunchtimes and evenings (except Sunday evening & Monday evening). B & B guests are recommended to double check our opening times and serving times on the other pages of our website. The only variance to our normal food offering is on Wednesday evenings every week, when our very popular Spit Roast menu is on offer. Our spit roast evenings are normally a sell out so pre-booking a table when making your room reservation is essential and we do not offer our full menu on Wednesday evenings. Please see our sample menu pages for an example of our Spit Roast Menu.
 
During our normal opening times (Lunchtime: Midday – 3.00pm / Evening: 6.00pm – 11.00pm) guests arriving to check-in can gain access via the front door of the inn, which remain open during these times. We regret that as a country inn we do not have the need for the services of a concierge, nor a receptionist and due to other commitments we are unable to wait in for guests to arrive. Guests are therefore requested to arrive to check-in during the aforementioned opening times of the inn. The time to avoid checking-in is between 3.00pm & 6.00pm, when there will be no one available to let you in!
 
 
 
 
 
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